Program Overview

Key Features

• Five-day on-campus program
• Internationally-renowned clinical epidemiology faculty from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
• Interactive learning approach that makes use of lectures, interactive sessions, and small-group learning

Program Outcomes

Participants will be able to use the techniques of evidence-based medicine to critically appraise clinical research. Specifically, they will be able to:

• Describe various study designs.
• List basic statistical concepts used to analyze quantitative health data.
• Evaluate the usefulness of a diagnostic test using various measures.
• Know the process of systematic reviews, meta analysis and how data can be synthesized to determine clinical practice guidelines.
• Construct a focused research question as the first step in study design.
• Develop a concept sheet for a research question